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MidPoint: Florida’s New Immigration Laws

Local Immigration lawyers Chelsea Nowel and Ananis Makar joined Shelley for an overview of the new punitive and disruptive Florida immigration laws that threaten the Florida economy and treat undocumented people with a complete lack...

Florida’s largest teachers union files lawsuit after union-busting bill signed into law

Florida's largest union for teachers said that they are filing a lawsuit in response to Governor Ron DeSantis' signing a bill Tuesday.
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DeSantis signs law placing restrictions on Florida unions (SB 256); teachers union says it will sue

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that places additional restrictions on public-employee unions, including preventing dues from being deducted from paychecks.

MidPoint: Labor Pains

Florida legislature tries to bust the teachers' unions.
Labor unions

Florida Legislature passes restrictions on unions – the bill now heads to Ron DeSantis

The Florida House gave final approval to a controversial plan that would place additional restrictions on public-employee unions.

Allegiant Air pilots’ union pickets for higher pay

Allegiant Air may be known to most as a low cost airline for passengers, but their pilots are reporting up to 50% lower wages than other airlines. Dozens of Allegiant Pilots Association union members picketed...

Free Speech Where Freedom Comes To Die

Free Speech is under threat in the U.S. and especially Florida where fascist rulers manufacture punitive law. A Free Speech event is on April 29, 2023 at Tampa Prep School on Cass street in Tampa,...
Aerial photo of downtown Tallahassee, Florida and the State Capitol

Union restrictions head to full Florida House

A controversial proposal that would place new restrictions on public-employee unions is ready to go to the full Florida House.
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Florida bill targets many public sector unions like teachers’ unions

HB 1445 has passed the Florida Senate and is moving through the state House. Critics say it cracks down on Florida’s public sector unions.
Labor unions

Florida Senate passes union restrictions

The Florida Senate passed a bill that would place new restrictions on public-employee unions.

No Pasarán! The Ybor City women who fought fascism

Women's political activism in Ybor City, Florida and their fight against fascism at home and abroad during the time of the Spanish Civil War.

Florida government requests union spending info from universities

Florida’s government continues to crack down on higher education, and the new focus is on faculty unions. State government has requested details from Florida universities on their negotiations with large unions, and more specifically, the...

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